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So Patch Day, bitches :D Amazing. I have been in this community for 12 years as of next month. I've seen many patches come and go, one in particular come, go, and never return in any incarnation; but that is the past. This is a fresh new VOLUNTEER dev team who has painstakenly worked to deliver us from the brink of extinction last january to a new patch a meer 11 months later. That's saying something, folks.

Will it go without a hitch? Pfft...this is the intarwebz and this is a game ...

After many weeks of hard work preparing the new patch, we are finally getting there. The servers will go down for patching on Wednesday 28th November 2012, at around 1800 UTC/GMT (1900 CET). We appreciate this window of downtime is not ideally placed but this process will take a few hours which a number of us need to schedule outside of our normal day jobs. We will inform you via Twitter, the forums and IRC once the servers are back online for the final stress test.

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As many of you may know we are approaching a new retail patch and we would love to get this out the door sooner than later...

... BUT:
[B]the Testserver has crashed a couple of times today with players on the server who did not report the crash and the circumstances.
We absolutely need to know what is causing these crashes. So whenever you have issues on the Testserver, report them ASAP and with detailed information on your most recent actions.[/B]

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Ein neuer Testserver ist nun für alle Spieler zugänglich und wir möchten alle dazu einladen, dort so viel und umfangreich wie möglich zu testen um uns dabei zu helfen, Neocron mit regelmäßigen Updates und Verbesserungen wieder auf die richtige Spur zu bringen. Viele Spieler haben nach einer Möglichkeit zur Unterstützung des Projektes gefragt, hier ist nun die Chance für jeden Einzelnen einen wichtigen Beitrag zu leisten
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Informationen zur Einrichtung des Testserver-Clients ...

A new testserver has been opened to the public and we invite everyone to go there and help test as much as possible to assist us on getting back on track with getting frequent fixes and enhancements out the door. Many people have asked for a way to help - this is your chance to make a big difference for Neocron.
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Details on how you you can join the testing efforts, alongside (testserver!) patchnotes can be found here: [url]http://forum.neocron.com/forumdisplay.php?232-Dev-Ann ...